Deputy CIO Hall Receives Presidentís Award

Numerous
dignitaries and special guests, to include FBI Director Robert S. Mueller
III and CIO Zalmai Azmi, attended the March 7 ceremony, held here
at FBI Headquarters. U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey presented
the award to DCIO Hall, who was recognized for his exemplary contributions
to
the FBI’s information technology management. Some key accomplishments
include:

Establishing within the FBI the Project Management
(PM) career service, which mandates specified training and certifications.
Within the first year,
the number of certified PMs increased from two to more than 50.

Managing
all projects with baseline schedules to be within 90 percent of cost
and schedule and to meet customer expectations.

In response to the
Robert Hanssen espionage case, establishing the FBI’s
Information Assurance Program. Within one year, the program transformed
from a less than one-man year program to a combined workforce exceeding
150, delivering
a broad range of information assurance services.

The Presidential Awards are presented annually to a select group of career
civil servants and are conferred by the President of the United States.